Issues: Privacy

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1111Privacy rights are enshrined in our Constitution for a reason - a thriving democracy requires respect for individuals' autonomy as well as anonymous speech and association. These rights must be balanced against legitimate concerns like law enforcement, but checks must be put in place to prevent abuse of government powers.
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1313EFF fights in the courts and Congress to extend your privacy rights into the digital world, and supports the development of privacy-protecting technologies. Donate to EFF to help support our efforts.
1414
1515## Privacy Cases
1616
17- [Warshak v. USA](https://eff.org/cases/warshak-v-usa)Update On 6/18/07: Sixth Circuit issues opinion upholding district court's injunction against secret warrantless seizures of email In Warshak v.
18- [Doe v. Gonzalez (Doe v. Ashcroft)](https://eff.org/cases/doe-v-gonzalez-doe-v-ashcroft)Defending free speech and privacy, EFF has helped the ACLU and an unnamed Internet service provider (ISP) challenge the constitutionality of "National Security Letters" (NSLs), a key power under the U
19- [AT&T Class Action](https://eff.org/cases/att)EFF filed a class-action lawsuit against AT&T accusing the telecom giant of violating the law and the privacy of its customers by collaborating with the NSA in its massive, illegal program to wiretap and data-mine Americans' communications
20- [US v. Ropp](https://eff.org/cases/us-v-ropp) Ropp Ruling October 8, 2004
21- [US v. Councilman](https://eff.org/cases/us-v-councilman) The defendant in the case, Bradford Councilman, is a bookseller who offered email service to his customers.
22- [Burd v. Cole](https://eff.org/cases/burd-v-cole) On June 29, 2006, EFF filed to block an Oklahoma school superintendent's attempt to unmask the identities of a local website's operator and all registered users.
23- [Columbia v. Bunnell](https://eff.org/cases/columbia-pictures-industries-v-bunnell)AKA Movie Studios v. Torrentspy. EFF and CDT urged a California court to overturn a dangerous ruling that would require a search engine to create and store logs of its users' activities as part of discovery obligations in a lawsuit.
24- [US v. Arnold](https://eff.org/cases/us-v-arnold) EFF and the Association of Corporate Travel Executives (ACTE) filed an amicus brief in US. v. Arnold on June 19th in the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
17- [Warshak v. USA](https://eff.org/cases/warshak-v-usa)
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19 Update On 6/18/07: Sixth Circuit issues opinion upholding district court's injunction against secret warrantless seizures of email In Warshak v.
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21- [Doe v. Gonzalez (Doe v. Ashcroft)](https://eff.org/cases/doe-v-gonzalez-doe-v-ashcroft)
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23 Defending free speech and privacy, EFF has helped the ACLU and an unnamed Internet service provider (ISP) challenge the constitutionality of "National Security Letters" (NSLs), a key power under the U
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25- [NSA Class Actions](https://eff.org/cases/att)
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27 This page collects pleadings and other information from the multi-district litigation that apply to all of the cases or that are not otherwise included in the specific case pages for the multi-dis
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29- [US v. Ropp](https://eff.org/cases/us-v-ropp)
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31 Ropp Ruling October 8, 2004
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33- [US v. Councilman](https://eff.org/cases/us-v-councilman)
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35 The defendant in the case, Bradford Councilman, is a bookseller who offered email service to his customers.
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37- [Burd v. Cole](https://eff.org/cases/burd-v-cole)
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39 On June 29, 2006, EFF filed to block an Oklahoma school superintendent's attempt to unmask the identities of a local website's operator and all registered users.
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41- [Columbia v. Bunnell](https://eff.org/cases/columbia-pictures-industries-v-bunnell)
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43 AKA Movie Studios v. Torrentspy. EFF and CDT urged a California court to overturn a dangerous ruling that would require a search engine to create and store logs of its users' activities as part of discovery obligations in a lawsuit.
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45- [US v. Arnold](https://eff.org/cases/us-v-arnold)
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47 EFF and the Association of Corporate Travel Executives (ACTE) filed an amicus brief in US. v. Arnold on June 19th in the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
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2649» [All Privacy Cases](https://eff.org/related/384/case)
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2851## More Information
2952
30- [Total Information Awareness (TIA)](http://www.eff.org/Privacy/TIA/)
53- [Hepting Resources](https://eff.org/nsa/hepting)
3154- [Privacy Software: Tor](http://tor.eff.org/)
55- [Total Information Awareness (TIA)](http://www.eff.org/Privacy/TIA/)
3256
3357## Related Issues
3458
35- [Real ID](https://eff.org/issues/real-id)Threatening Your Privacy Through an Unfunded Government Mandate
36- [Cell Tracking](https://eff.org/issues/cell-tracking)Can the government track your cell phone's location without probable cause?
37- [CALEA](https://eff.org/issues/calea)(no short description has been entered for this issue yet.)
38- [Travel Screening](https://eff.org/issues/travel-screening)(no short description has been entered for this issue yet.)
39- [Search Engines](https://eff.org/issues/search-engines)Learn about search engine privacy issues.
40- [RFID](https://eff.org/issues/rfid)Radio Frequency Identification
41- [NSA Spying](https://eff.org/issues/nsa-spying)Information about NSA Spying
42- [Anonymity](https://eff.org/issues/anonymity)(no short description has been entered for this issue yet.)
59- [Real ID](https://eff.org/issues/real-id)
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61 Threatening Your Privacy Through an Unfunded Government Mandate
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63- [Cell Tracking](https://eff.org/issues/cell-tracking)
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65 Can the government track your cell phone's location without probable cause?
66
67- [CALEA](https://eff.org/issues/calea)
68- [Travel Screening](https://eff.org/issues/travel-screening)
69- [Search Engines](https://eff.org/issues/search-engines)
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71 Learn about search engine privacy issues.
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73- [RFID](https://eff.org/issues/rfid)
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75 Radio Frequency Identification
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77- [NSA Spying](https://eff.org/issues/nsa-spying)
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79 Information about NSA Spying
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81- [Anonymity](https://eff.org/issues/anonymity)
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4483## Whitepapers
4584
4685- 2005 [Investigating Machine Identification Code Technology in Color Laser Printers](https://eff.org/wp/investigating-machine-identification-code-technology-color-laser-printers)
4786- 2004 [Best Practices for Online Service Providers](https://eff.org/osp)
4887- 2002 [EFF's Top 12 Ways to Protect Your Online Privacy](https://eff.org/wp/effs-top-12-ways-protect-your-online-privacy)
4988
5089## Deeplinks Posts
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91- December 03, 2007 [Between Friends: The Perils of Centralized Blogging](https://eff.org/deeplinks/2007/12/between-friends)
5292- November 14, 2007 [Undermining Freedoms in China: Yahoo! Learns the Cost of Facilitating Human Rights Abuses](https://eff.org/deeplinks/2007/11/undermining-freedoms-china-yahoo-learns-cost-facilitating-human-rights-abuses)
5393- November 12, 2007 [Mr. Klein Goes to Washington: Press Roundup](https://eff.org/deeplinks/2007/11/mr-klein-goes-washington-press-roundup)
5494- November 08, 2007 [Mark Klein Interviewed on MSNBC, C-SPAN and NPR. The Senate Reconsiders Immunity.](https://eff.org/deeplinks/2007/11/mark-klein-interviewed)
5595- November 07, 2007 [Senator Dodd Posts Video of Interview with AT&T Whistleblower Mark Klein](https://eff.org/deeplinks/2007/11/senator-dodd-posts-video-interview-t-whistleblower-mark-klein)
5696- November 07, 2007 [Mr. Klein Goes to Washington: Live Stream of Washington D.C. Press Conference from 10:30 to 11 a.m. EST](https://eff.org/deeplinks/2007/11/mr-klein-goes-washington-live-stream-washington-d-c-press-conference-10-30-11-m-es)
5797- November 07, 2007 [Mr. Klein Goes to Washington: Initial Press Coverage of AT&T Whistleblower's Discoveries of Illegal Spying](https://eff.org/deeplinks/2007/11/mr-klein-goes-washington-initial-press-coverage-t-whistleblowers-discoveries-illeg)
5898- October 03, 2007 [EFF Comments on Terror Watch List](https://eff.org/deeplinks/2007/10/eff-comments-terror-watch-list)
59- September 26, 2007 ["Secure Flight" Returns, Lacking Privacy Protections](https://eff.org/deeplinks/2007/09/secure-flight-returns-lacking-privacy-protections)
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61100» [All Privacy Posts](https://eff.org/related/384/blog)
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63102## Press Releases
64103
65104- November 06, 2007 [Judge Orders Telecommunications Companies to Preserve Evidence in Government Surveillance Cases](https://eff.org/press/archives/2007/11/06)
69108- October 05, 2007 [EFF Engages Veteran Lobbyists to Take Fight Against Warrantless Wiretapping to Capitol Hill](https://eff.org/deeplinks/2007/10/eff-engages-veteran-lobbyists-take-fight-against-warrantless-wiretapping-capitol-h)
70109- August 15, 2007 [AT&T Must Face Justice for Illegal Spying](https://eff.org/deeplinks/2007/08/t-must-face-justice-illegal-spying)
71110- August 09, 2007 [Appeals Court Battle Over NSA Surveillance on August 15](https://eff.org/deeplinks/2007/08/appeals-court-battle-over-nsa-surveillance-august-15)
72111- June 25, 2007 [Dangerous Ruling Forces Search Engine to Log Users](https://eff.org/deeplinks/2007/06/dangerous-ruling-forces-search-engine-log-users)
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74113» [All Privacy Press Releases](https://eff.org/related/384/pressrelease)
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76## Documents and Files